VICTORY THROUGH ADVERSITY
Romans 8:13-18
Verse 17: “Now if we are children, then we are
heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His
sufferings in order that we may share in His glory.”
Ad-VER-si-tee means difficulty, hardship
or misfortune.
“What am I supposed to so?” Jeremy
asked his ten year old classmate and best friend Brad. “I’m supposed to go with my family after
school. But we’ve got practice. And a history test tomorrow!”
Life does this. Life is messy. Life rarely obeys our rules to run
smoothly. Life is a comic laughing at
people while rearranging perfect schedules.
But people aren’t amused. What
are we supposed to do? Let’s aim for
victory through adversity. That beats
losing to any trouble every day!
Always
here; Always near devotion showed how close God is to us. God is jealous for our attention when we get
scared. “Remember My love and care for
you!” Peeling our eyes away from trouble
to focus on God is a daily challenge for believers. We can learn an acrostic ADVERSITY to help us
understand the right way to react when life laughs at us:
A is for accepting that God
equips us for victory.
D is for deciding to always keep
eyes on Jesus.
V is for victory when we
don’t veer off the path of faith and trust.
E is for expecting the Holy
Spirit’s help.
R is for remembering God’s past
love and care.
S is for soft hearts that
obey the Master.
I is for investing time building
relationship with God.
T is for trusting the Lord in
all things.
Y is for yearning for Jesus’
return.
Some people’s hearts become hard,
and resist God during adversity. But
whoever lives the acronym will find that adversity draws us to God. We learn to depend on Him instead of
ourselves. Soft hearts prepare, equip,
energize and empower believers to victory through all adversity.
The opening Scripture shows that
life leads us through Jesus’ sufferings so that we will also share in His
glory! We’re co-heirs of God’s kingdom
with Christ! Check out the lesson linked
below, to learn more good things about believer’s victory through
adversity.
Take Home Nugget
“Coach,”
Jeremy began. “I can’t practice football
today. But I’ll be here tomorrow, for
sure.”
“No problem, Jeremy,” his coach
responded. “Today’s going to be a light
drill. Take the playbook with you, so
you can study plays four through six tonight.”
“Right. Then I can also study for my history test
tomorrow. Thanks, coach!”
Hold
heads up high
When
trouble comes a knockin.
Life’s
jokes are only a sigh
Because
of God’s empowerin.
J.D. Griffith
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